From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 9 02:08:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70DDB16A418 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 02:08:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: from malasada.lava.net (malasada.lava.net [64.65.64.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE7B543D8B for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 02:08:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: by malasada.lava.net (Postfix, from userid 102) id 57D5B153883; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:08:16 -1000 (HST) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:08:16 -1000 From: Clifton Royston To: hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060609020815.GA342@lava.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: Subject: PCI Express graphics reliability/functionality in 6.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 02:08:17 -0000 I'm soon to build myself a new AMD X2 workstation system on which I plan to multiboot various operating systems including FreeBSD, a couple Linux distros and probably Windows XP Pro, and probably also run virtualization software (VMWare and/or Xen.) I'm hoping for it to last me through a few years of occasional upgrades, which makes me dubious about choosing an AGP motherboard. I can't find anything specific about PCI Express in the 6.1 release notes. However, I have Googled up some reports of various PCI-E graphic cards working badly in Xorg under FreeBSD and other open source OSes. In general should PCI Express graphics cards work properly and perform reasonably well for Xorg and OpenGL graphics under FreeBSD, if I avoid the "touchier" nVidia cards, or do I need to stick with AGP for reliability? If there's a better mailing list for getting an authoritative answer to this, I'd appreciate the pointer. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@iandicomputing.com / cliftonr@lava.net President - I and I Computing * http://www.iandicomputing.com/ Custom programming, network design, systems and network consulting services